Puerto Rico Population

Overview

3.31 million

Total Population

43.1

Median age

52.53%

Female population %

90.4:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

20-24 years

Largest age group

55.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

3.27 million

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Puerto Rico's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Puerto Rico is 43.1, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Puerto Rico's population under 18 was 18.04%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Puerto Rico's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 21.26% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Puerto Rico, 14.34% were under the age of 15, 19.97% aged 15 to 29, 44.43% aged 30 to 64, 18.57% aged 65 to 84, and 2.68% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 167,552 more females than males in Puerto Rico:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.53% females and 47.47% males in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico gender ratio is 90.4:100 i.e. 90.4 men to 100 women (0.904).
For male population, the largest age group is 20-24 years with a population of 115,201.
For the female population, the largest age group is 60-64 years with a population of 120,346.

Puerto Rico's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Puerto Rico population: 51.15% are White, 9.96% are Black or African American, 0.16% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.19% are Asian, 0.01% are Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 21.59% are some other race and 16.95% are multiracial.
Puerto Rico's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the state.
By ethnicity, 3.27 million is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 40,913 (1.24% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Puerto Rico is White with a population of 1.69 million (51.15% of the total population).

Puerto Rico's stop-gap:

The peak population was stop-gap in the year stop-gap
From 2000 to 2010, Puerto Rico's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), as compared to the national growth of stop-gap.
From 2010 to 2020, Puerto Rico's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the stop-gap was stop-gap.
Between the year stop-gap and stop-gap, Puerto Rico's population was lowest in year stop-gap at stop-gap.